We need to maintain a strong focus on transforming the youth justice system by implementing more creative consequences than confinement. Young people should be assigned to meaningful community service designed to teach them about life rather than simply humiliate them.
If we help our young people find meaning in their lives, find their purpose and encourage their passions, I believe we will see a drop in the youth crime rate thereby creating a safer community.
I will fight for all of these things, building on what others have started before me and creating new task forces to create meaningful programs designed to bring lasting change.
